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Episode 4

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Documentary series celebrating Britain's black community. In the final episode, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

In episode four, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

Naomi Campbell, Dizzee Rascal, David Harewood, Tinie Tempah, Trevor Nelson, Sir Trevor MacDonald and Alesha Dixon are amongst the stand-out stars of this film talking about where we have reached today on the Black-British journey. Our cast talk mostly of their pride in being British and their love for the country as epitomised at the phenomenon of the 2012 London Olympics, where black athletes wrapped themselves in the Union Jack and decades of racism seemed to be on the path to being put firmly in the past.

The contributors discuss how inspiring the Obama effect has been and what that means to them, but are then also brought back to reality by the saddening occurrence of Brexit. We forecast to the future of Black Britain and what that looks like for our younger cast, for our dual-heritage talent and for those whose children are the future of the country.

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29 minutes

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Thu 2 Jul 2020 00:00

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Music Played

  • Izzi Dunn

    Loser (feat. Booty Brown)

  • Leeroy Kesiah

    Buff Nuff (feat. Roots Manuva)

  • Andreya Triana

    A Town Called Obsolete

  • Lapalux

    Forgetting and Learning Again (feat. Kerry Leatham)

  • Bonobo

    Emkay

Credits

Role Contributor
Producer Simon Frederick
Executive Producer Anna Smith Tenser
Executive Producer Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer Dermot Caulfield
Interviewed Guest Alesha Dixon
Interviewed Guest John Sentamu
Interviewed Guest Ashley Banjo
Interviewed Guest Patricia Scotland
Interviewed Guest Beverley Knight
Interviewed Guest Bill Morris
Interviewed Guest Charlene White
Interviewed Guest Charlie Casley-Hayford
Interviewed Guest Christopher B-Lynch
Interviewed Guest Chuka Umunna
Interviewed Guest David Adjaye
Interviewed Guest David Harewood
Interviewed Guest Denise Lewis
Interviewed Guest Dizzee Rascal
Interviewed Guest Edward Enninful
Interviewed Guest Ekow Eshun
Interviewed Guest Gary Younge
Interviewed Guest Gina Yashere
Interviewed Guest Goldie
Interviewed Guest Jamal Edwards
Interviewed Guest Jazzie B
Interviewed Guest Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest Lenny Henry
Interviewed Guest Les Ferdinand
Interviewed Guest Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Interviewed Guest Malorie Blackman
Interviewed Guest Naomi Campbell
Interviewed Guest Noel Clarke
Interviewed Guest Ozwald Boateng
Interviewed Guest Reggie Yates
Interviewed Guest Sharon White
Interviewed Guest Shevelle Dynott
Interviewed Guest Terry Jervis
Interviewed Guest Thandiwe Newton
Interviewed Guest Tinie Tempah
Interviewed Guest Trevor McDonald
Interviewed Guest Trevor Nelson
Interviewed Guest Yinka Shonibare
Production Company Pulse
Production Company Iconoclast

Broadcasts

Black and British Season

Black and British Season

Bold, vibrant, provocative stories exploring what it means to be black in Britain today.